The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
Reentry
DOL – Young Adult Reentry Partnership (2021)
Applications Due: April 26, 2021, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Description: The purpose of this program is to provide education and training services that improve the employment outcomes of young adults who are involved in the criminal justice system and/or who… Read More ›
DOJ – Research and Evaluation on Promising Reentry Initiatives (2021)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
DOJ – Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (2021)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
DOJ – Innovations in Reentry Initiative: Building System Capacity & Testing Strategies to Reduce Recidivism (2021)
Applications Due: April 13, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET This opportunity provides state and local jurisdictions and Indian tribes with the resources to identify assets and gaps in their reentry systems and improve their overall approach to reentry. Helpful resources Presentation… Read More ›
DOJ – Second Chance Act Community-Based Reentry Program (2021)
Applications Due: April 13, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET Through this opportunity, BJA is seeking applications to implement or expand on reentry programs that demonstrate strong partnerships with corrections, parole, probation, and other reentry service providers. This opportunity seeks to allot… Read More ›
DOJ – Second Chance Act Pay for Success Initiative (2021)
Applications Due: March 16, 2021, 11:59 p.m. ET This Pay for Success program is designed to assist state, local, and tribal governments, as well as public housing authorities, to enter into outcomes-based contracts that ties payment for services to reaching… Read More ›
DOL – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (2020)
This post includes three Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs: Dislocated Worker Program, Adult Activities Program, and the Youth Activities Program. There is express language for legal services. The 2016 final rule includes language identifying legal aid among the supportive services considered “necessary to enable an individual to participate” in workforce activities.
DOJ – CAREERRS Second Chance Act (2020)
The Correctional Adult Reentry Education, Employment, and Recidivism Strategies (CAREERRS) Program, a Second Chance Act program, is designed to help communities establish education, vocation, and job training programs in their correctional systems that address employment challenges facing incarcerated youth and adults re-entering those communities and the workforce.
HUD – Resident Opportunity & Self Sufficiency (2019)
Applications Due: October 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET This program is designed to assist residents of public and Indian housing make progress towards economic self-sufficiency (defined as “an individual’s ability to support their household by maintaining financial, housing, and… Read More ›
Civil Legal Aid Federal Funding Resources 